| 1. Listening and
reading for literary response involves comprehending, Interpreting,
and critiquing imaginative texts in every medium, drawing on
personal experiences and knowledge to understand the text, and
recognizing the social, historical and cultural features of
the text.
Students.
- read and view independently and fluently
across many genres of literature frees many cultures and
historical periods
- identify the distinguishing features
of different literary genres, periods and traditions and
use those features to interpret the work
- recognize and understand the significance
of a wide range of literary elements and techniques, (including
figurative language, imagery allegory irons blank verse,
symbolism, stream-of-consciousness) and use those elements
to interpret the work
- understand how multiple levels of
meaning are conveyed in a text
- read aloud expressively to convey
a clear interpretation of the work
- evaluate literary merit based on an
understanding of the genre, the literary elements, and the
literary period and tradition,
This is evident for example, when students:
- read a selection of poems of different
forms, including sonnets, lyrics, elegies, narrative poem.,
and odes, end recognize the effect of the structure and
form on the meaning
- act out scenes from a full length
play in class
- read literary pieces on a common theme
from several literary periods (such as Renaissance, Neo-Classical,
Romantic, Realistic, Naturalistic, and Contemporary) and
compare the treatments of the theme in those periods
- read and interpret works of recognized
literary merit from several world cultures and recognize
the distinguishing features of those cultural traditions
- view stage or film productions of
a major play or novel and discuss the interpretation of
the work that is evident in the production.
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2. Speaking and
writing for literary response involves presenting interpretations,
analyze., and reactions to the content and language of a text.
Speaking and writing for literary expression involves producing
imaginative texts that use language and text structures that
are inventive and often multilayered.
Students
present responses to and interpretations
of works of recognized literary merit with references to the
principal features of the genre, the period, and literary
tradition, and drawing on their personal experiences and knowledge
produce literary interpretations that
explicate the multiple layers of meaning
write original pieces ins variety of literary
forms, correctly using the conventions of the genre and using
structure and vocabulary to achieve an effect
use standard English skillfully and with
an individual style.
This is evident, for example
when students:
write stories or poems using such literary
structures and devices as stanzas and chapters, metaphors,
foreshadowing, symbolism, and different forms of dialogue
and narration
take part in productions of full length
plays?j A put together a collection of literature from different
cultures -around a common theme and write the introduction
to the collection explaining the similarities and differences
write an interpretation of a major nineteenth-century
novel discussing the features of the novel that reflect the
conventions of the genre in that time period.
write interpretations of works of recognized
literary merit including a discussion of the principal features
of the genre, the period, and the tradition.
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